TRN vs. AGCO, OSK, TTC, FSS, TEX, ALG, LNN, GBX, ASTE, and PLOW
Should you be buying Trinity Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trinity Industries include AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Toro (TTC), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG), Lindsay (LNN), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Astec Industries (ASTE), and Douglas Dynamics (PLOW). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Trinity Industries vs. Its Competitors
AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) and Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) are both mid-cap construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
AGCO currently has a consensus price target of $104.10, indicating a potential downside of 5.10%. Trinity Industries has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.24%. Given AGCO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AGCO is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
Trinity Industries has a net margin of 4.79% compared to AGCO's net margin of -5.40%. Trinity Industries' return on equity of 11.47% beat AGCO's return on equity.
In the previous week, AGCO had 12 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AGCO and 4 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat AGCO's score of 0.28 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of AGCO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Trinity Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AGCO. AGCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. AGCO pays out -14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries pays out 74.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. AGCO has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Trinity Industries has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
AGCO has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Trinity Industries beats AGCO on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TRN) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
